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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mohammed Marwa has said that the removal of the clause which allows for an option of fine for drug offenders from the Agency’s Act currently undergoing amendment in the National Assembly will strengthen the deterrence effect of court prosecution and conviction.
Marwa stated this in his remarks while defending the 2022 NDLEA budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics.
He disclosed that he had visited the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho, on the issue of ridiculous options of fine given to some drug traffickers, but believes the removal of the clause that allows Judges to use discretionary powers to give options of fine would resolve the puzzle.
